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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Texas: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the engineering projects that the US Army Corps of Engineers initiated during the development of Texas. They examine primary source documents that are in digital and print form, and identify US Army Corp of Engineer...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

1876-1920 Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visual Learning: A Slow, Press-ious Process

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students observe a photograph and make inferences.  In this investigative lesson plan students study how to find facts in pictures and draw inferences from them. 
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Organic Farming: Conserving Top Soil

For Students 9th - 10th
Against the backdrop of the devastating 1930's Dust Bowl, this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles an organic farmer and the techniques he uses to conserve topsoil.
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Other

Do Something: 11 Facts About Organic Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the differences between conventionally grown food and organic for both people and the environment. Includes important statistics about nutrition and pesticides.
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Website
Environduck

Enviroduck: Greener Food Go Green With Organic and Local Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Conserve by eating organic food and food that produced locally.
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PPT
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Rainforest Alliance Organization: Chocolate: The Journey From Beans to Bar

For Students 9th - 10th
A great overview of chocolate production. Learn about the plant, how chocolate is processed and what's being done by the Rainforest Alliance to make chocolate farming sustainable.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
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Interactive
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The Family Farmer

For Students 3rd - 9th
The Family Farm explores the diverse agricultural pursuits of farm families, and serves as a window into the small-scale food production process that modern day consumers have become estranged from.
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Davidson College

Alternatives to Herbicides

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site discusses the use of organic farming, microorganisms, goats, and herbicide resistant crops as an alternative to the use of herbicides to control weeds.
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Website
Wessels Living History Farm

Wessels Living History Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
The Wessels Living History Farm of York County, Nebraska, offers a look at what it was like to live on a Great Plains farm in the 1920s. The farm's attractive and well organized website includes interviews with people who remember life...
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Environmental Research Center: Forces of Change: Listening to the Prairie

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A large collection of lessons on prairie agriculture for Pre-K to Grade 12, organized into grade level groups. They cover such topics as foods that come from agriculture, animal farming, soils, and environmental issues. These lessons on...
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National Ffa

For Students 9th - 10th
The FFA is an organization that enriches the education of production farm students as well as those who wish to advance careers.
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Other

Grace Communications: Food Print

For Students 9th - 10th
An environmentally conscious group brings to light the relationship between food, water and energy, and the importance of sustainability. The site looks at issues such as animal welfare, social justices, food policy, the industrial food...
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: A World of Change [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The introduction of genetically modified organisms (animals, microbes, and plants) into agriculture has been accompanied by controversies over their potential impact on human health, the environment, and farming systems. Management of...
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Other

Future Agricultures Consortium

For Students 9th - 10th
An Africa-based alliance of research organizations seeking to provide timely, high-quality and independent information and advice to improve agricultural policy and practice in Africa.
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Website
Other

Farm Safety for Just Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
This organization is dedicated to promoting safe farm practices and preventing injury and death in children. You can find many printable materials and games, and a few interactive activities.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Edo

For Students 9th - 10th
"Edo" is the name that the people of the Benin Kingdom give to themselves, their language, and their capital city and kingdom. Renowned for their art of brass and ivory and for their complex political organization, the Edo Kingdom of...
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Website
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The Sierra Club: Clean Water

For Students 9th - 10th
The Sierra Club, an environmental organization, provides detailed news and information regarding the current U.S. waters and wetland quality. Content includes overviews, factsheets, features, a quiz, and more.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Peripatetics of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen

For Students 9th - 10th
Most of these groups are now sedentary or semi-sedentary, and only a few are still nomadic. There is no overall system of political organization within any of these communities, but cohesion within each community is strong. In Egypt,...
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Carver, George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia biography about George Washington Carver tells about his interest and research in agriculture, especially in the South.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The First Greenmarket in New York City

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the history behind the first greenmarket for produce in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Website
Other

Agri Food Trade Service: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Tipsheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Unesco: Switzerland: La Chaux De Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning

For Students 9th - 10th
The site of La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle watchmaking town-planning consists of two towns situated close to one another in a remote environment in the Swiss Jura mountains, on land ill-suited to farming. Their planning and buildings...

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